Guerlain, 75, told a TV interviewer that he had worked "like a negro" on his company's famous Samsura scent. "I don't know if negroes have always worked so hard, but anyway," he continued.
Chancellor Merkel urged Germans to be vigilant against far-right extremism, citing Edmund Burke's famous warning: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
In a dramatic conclusion to one of the most notorious criminal cases of the last quarter century the killers of Stephen Lawrence are finally convicted of the crime
Doreen and Neville Lawrence at the Old Bailey today after their son Stephen's killers were convicted - 18 years after his murder. (CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)
18 years after his murder, a case that changed Britain, the killers of Stephen Lawrence are finally convicted of the crime
Chelsea and England football captain John Terry strides off the pitch following incident in which he is accused of racially abusing an opposing player. Terry has been charged with "a racially aggravated public order offence" over the incident. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)
England and Chelsea Captain John Terry to be prosecuted for using racist language in a match
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